Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:14 PM

A neo-Nazi website's publisher said Wednesday that he has "effectively been completely banned from the internet" after mocking the victim of a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
"Clearly, the powers that be believe that they have the ability to simply kick me off the internet," Andrew Anglin, who has published the site from an undisclosed location, complained to The Associated Press in an email.
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Thursday, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:11 PM

Anti-hate groups in the United States are giving guidance on what individuals can do to combat hate-inspired violence in the wake of a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
To combat hate-inspired attacks in the U.S., Americans must join forces, speak out and educate themselves about the history and ideology of white nationalists and hate organizations, groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League argue.
The SPLC on Monday issued a step-by-step "community response guide" on how to fight hate after 32-year-old counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed at the rally. Her alleged killer, James Fields Jr., had been fascinated with Nazism and idolized Adolf Hitler, according to his high school teacher.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 5:54 PM

Facebook has banned the Facebook and Instagram accounts of a white nationalist who attended the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended in deadly violence.
Facebook spokeswoman Ruchika Budhraja tells The Associated Press that the profile pages of Christopher Cantwell have been removed as well as a page connected to his podcast. Cantwell was featured in a Vice News documentary about the rally and its aftermath.
Facebook has also removed at least eight pages connected to the white nationalist movement over what Budhraja says were violations on the company's polices on hate speech and organizations.
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At a press event that was supposed to focus on infrastructure, President Donald Trump answered questions about violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:29 PM

Hope Hicks, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump, will be named interim White House communications director until a person is permanently named to the role, NBC News reported.
The announcement comes just over two weeks after Anthony Scaramucci was fired from the post after 11 days.
Hicks, currently the White House director of strategic communications, will be Trump's third communications director; Mike Dubke announced his resignation in May.
Hicks has been with Trump since the day the former real estate mogul launched his campaign for president in June 2015. She is considered loyal to the president, one of the qualities that matters most to him.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:01 PM

The Smithsonian Castle caught fire and has been evacuated, the D.C. fire department says.
A fire broke out on the third floor of the towering historic building on the National Mall, at 1000 Jefferson Drive SW.
The fire was contained by sprinklers, and no one is reported to have been hurt, the fire department said about noon Wednesday.
The castle, also known as the Smithsonian Institution Building, is home to the Smithsonian Institution's administrative offices and information center.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 4:26 PM

A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, two years after the state ended its contract with the group over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.
In a 2-1 ruling, an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated preliminary injunctions a federal judge issued preventing the state from suspending any Medicaid payments for services rendered to patients from Planned Parenthood. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson ended the state's Medicaid contract with the organization in 2015.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:55 PM

When a venomous snake slithered into a yard where two young children were playing in Southwest Florida, a pair of four-legged good Samaritans came to the rescue.
Melissa Butt's grandchildren, 4-year-old Zayden and 1-year-old Mallory, were playing in the yard of her Hillsborough County home when her dogs spotted a copperhead snake just inches away from the children.
Slayer and Paco jumped in and began barking at the venomous snake. The serpent attacked the dogs, biting both pooches and injecting them with highly poisonous venom. Slayer suffered deep wounds on his face and snout, while Paco was struck in the leg.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:40 PM

President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, saying Wednesday that the company is "doing great damage to tax paying retailers."
Trump, in a tweet, said that "towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost!"
The president has been a frequent critic of the company and CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:55 AM

The statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the focus of an emotional debate in the state's Republican primary election weeks before it became a flashpoint in the nation's struggle over race.
Corey Stewart, an outsider candidate for governor sometimes compared to President Donald Trump, seized on possible removal of the Confederate general's memorial as an "attempt to destroy traditional America." Stewart, who said in an interview Tuesday that such an action "hits people in the gut," found unexpectedly strong support, forced his main opponent to defend the statue and almost won.
Now the fight over "traditional America" is throwing a spotlight on the Republican Party's struggle with race in the age of Trump.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:57 AM

For nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating his death, without paying a penny.
This year, on the 40th anniversary of the rock n' roll icon's death, it's going to cost them $28.75.
Many fans are not happy.
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Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:23 AM

Former President Barack Obama broke a Twitter record Monday evening, with his post quoting Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Virginia violence becoming the most-liked tweet of all time.
Obama posted Saturday a series of tweets with the quote, the first one paired with a photo of the former president and a group of young children. That first tweet, as of late Tuesday, garnered more than 2.8 million likes. It also had more than 1.15 million retweets.
The tweet came the day violent clashes broke out at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The day became deadly when someone, allegedly a white nationalist, drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded.
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Tuesday, Aug 15, 2017 at 8:30 PM

What does the federal government want to do with records on everyone who visited an anti-Donald Trump website?
The Justice Department's demand is part of the ongoing case against people who allegedly broke laws while protesting President Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington, NBC News reported. Prosecutors say the website, DisruptJ20.org, was used to organize "a violent riot."
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